Erection date: /3/2017
Inscription
Thackeray Road E6
This road is named after William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863). Novelist and author of Vanity Fair.
Also birthplace in 1917 of singer and actress Dame Vera Lynn, the "Forces sweetheart".
London Borough of Newham
We can't find any connection that Thackeray had with this area. Nearby are Dickens and Macaulay roads, so it seems to be part of a literary theme.
Installed to celebrate Lynn's 100th birthday. There is an identical nameplate across the road.
Site: William Thackeray and Vera Lynn (1 memorial)
E6, Thackeray Road
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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